𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 | 𝐊. 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨

Chapter 20 - Who Am I Fighting?

Katsuki and I were making our way back when I saw Momo running towards us.

"(Y/N)! Thank goodness I found you!" she stopped in front of us panting. "Sorry Bakugo, but all the girls in class 1-A need to come with me."

"Huh? Oh okay." I said to her with a smile. "I'll see you later Suki. " I waved goodbye to him as Momo dragged me away. She took me to the changing rooms and burst through the door.

"I finally found her!" she grabbed an orange cheerleader costume and chucked it at me. "Put that on."

"...Why?"

"We were told that we have to participate in the big cheer battle in the afternoon." responded Kyoka unenthusiastically.

"Uhh okay." I put on the outfit and I realised that I did not like this one bit. It showed off way to much of me, I felt way too exposed. All the other girls probably felt the same so that calmed me down a bit.

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I can't believe Minoru TRICKED US! Momo dropped to her knees in shame.

"Why is it that I always end up falling for that little pervert's stupid schemes. I even used my quirk to make these outfits." she whined. Ochaco and I crouched down next to her in an attempt to comfort her.

"How 'bout we just roll with it!" shouted Toru dancing with her pom-poms.

"Are you crazy!" Kyoka screamed back.

<>-<>-<>

We were all gathered round the stage waiting for Midnight to make the next announcement when I heard someone behind me.

"Heh, you look pretty cute in that outfit." Oh no no no no no no no no! I knew he was bold but not this bold! Especially in front of all these people! I turned around to see Katsuki smirking at me and my outfit.

"You need to stop doing that! It's embarrassing! A-and anyway, Minoru tricked us into wearing these." I covered my face with my hands.

"Not possible, seeing your flustered face is the highlight of my day." That was too much for me to handle. I curled up in a ball on the ground and squealed.

"Omg how did I get a soulmate as sweet as you."

"*choke* I'm not sweet! Now get up off the ground! And remind me to beat up that damn grape." He protested but mumbled the last bit. I stood up and crossed my arms.

"And now you're back to being a tsundere." He was about to say something back but didn't get the chance to because Midnight finally came back.

"Come closer and draw lots to see who you're up against. Then enjoy the pleasure of the recreational games before we start." she announced. "The sixteen finalists have the option of participating in those activities or sitting out to prepare for battle. I'm sure you all want to conserve your stamina. I'll start with the first place team-"

"Umm, excuse me." I saw Mashirao put his hand up. "Sorry, but I'm withdrawing." Withdrawing? why would he do that? He explained that he didn't remember anything from the cavalry battle and said he was just someones puppet in that round and it wouldn't be fair. "Also, why are all the girls dressed like cheerleaders."

"Ugghh." I said. Then a student from class 1-B said he wanted to withdraw for the same reason.

"Listen to these guys, they're so manly." cried Eiji. Midnight decided that she would let them withdraw but that two people from the 5th place team would have to take their place.

She turned to Kendo who said that it shouldn't be them but a team that kept fighting the whole way through - Tetsutetsu's team.

It ended up as Tetsutetsu and Shiozaki being the ones who took the spots.

"These are your opponents!" Midnight pulled up who we would be fighting. I looked for my name. Let's see... ah there it is! (L/N) vs Shiozaki. Ohh, its that girl from class 1-B that got moved up. I then looked for Ochaco and Katsuki's names. Oh no, they're paired up against each other.

"Uraraka? who the hell is that?" both of us just stood there dumbfounded. How could he not know who one of his classmates was!?

<>-<>-<>

I decided to not participate in the side games, I wanted to preserve my energy as much as possible.

I took a walk around the festival grounds and I found a tree. I decided to climb it and take a rest. I noticed that Fumikage was also in a tree so I decided to hop over and chat with him.

"Hey Fumikage." He opened his eyes and saw me on the end of the branch he was on.

"Hello (Y/N)." he replied

"You know, I just realised that I don't really know much about you, why don't we take this time to get to know each other to take our minds off of what is to come." I suggested with a smile.

"Fine with me." We chatted about ourselves and we were actually enjoying it.

Suddenly the topic of why we wanted to become a hero showed up and I started to get anxious. He told his story and I was in awe of his determination. "What about you (Y/N), why do you want to become a hero." I looked down. "You have a lot of passion to become one and I suspect that something is driving that passion."

"I erm, I'd rather not say, I wouldn't want you to be scared of me." I said and he chuckled which made me look up.

"It's okay, you got into this school because the teachers saw your potential and anyway, people were also scared of me and my quirk. At night, Dark shadow becomes aggressive and hard to control, it even frightens me sometimes." I stared at him with wide eyes, dark shadow came out and I stroked him.

"O-okay, do you pinky promise to not tell anyone, especially Katsuki, I haven't told him yet and I don't want him to see me differently so pleeeaaaase." I held out my pinky finger and he smiled at my childishness.

"Of course." he connected his pinky with mine and I took a deep breath.

I explained pretty much everything to him. I did leave out a few details so that it wouldn't seem as bad as it was. Unfortunately, it was still pretty bad.

"And then I promised him/her that I would only do good and become a hero for the both of us." My eyes were slightly clouded but it wasn't full on 'Izuku waterworks' this time. He put a hand on my shoulder and looked into my eyes.

"I'll be looking forward to seeing that happen." he smiled. My eyes filled with tears but these ones were happy tears.

"Thank you!" I pulled him in for a hug and he hugged me back. It felt good that I had opened up to someone and they didn't see me for a monster.

"It's the least I can do." There was suddenly an announcement saying that the first match was to begin in ten minutes. We hopped out of the tree and started making our way back to the arena to spectate the first match.

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Little did I know, Katsuki had just heard the whole conversation and he didn't know how he should've felt. The fact was, he didn't see me differently, he accepted it. But...

How could I have opened up to Fumikage first but not him - he thought. He did say he would wait until I was ready but he still wanted to be the first to be told.

The frase: 'O-okay, do you pinky promise to not tell anyone, especially Katsuki, I haven't told him yet and I don't want him to see me differently so pleeeaaaase.' really hit him hard.

He was angry but he also felt another emotion. He had never felt this one so strongly before and he would never in a million years admit that he felt it:

Jealousy.

A/N: Okay another chapter is finally complete! You know the drill: excuse my grammar/spelling. Next chapter on Wednesday. Author-chan out!